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Voyage
Transportation
Philip Town was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 130 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
National Archives. HO-9-9_5 Woolwich Hulks, Justitia. Page 39/51. Received 4 March 1833. Philip Town, age 18, Stealing pair of shoes, Tried Oxford Assizes, 26 Feby 1833, 7 years, Transportation per Lord Lyndock, 25 May 1833.
Oxford Assizes. … Transportation for Seven Years — … Philip Town, for stealing a pair of shoes, at Great Milton; ... Berkshire Chronicle, 9 Mar 1833. On Monday last … Philip Town, … were removed to the Justitia hulk pursuant to their sentences of transportation. Oxford Journal, 16 March 1833.